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Recent Posts
- LePage-King dustup has drawn us away from important policy debate
- Thought of the Day: Reactions
- Commissioner’s Update – March 26, 2015
- Encouragement
- LePage tax cut plan, based on disproven thinking, comes at a staggering price
- Surviving Friendly Fire: 8 Tips for Dealing with Unfair Criticism
- It’s All Urgent! Six Ways to Prioritize When Everything’s a Priority
- Commissioner’s Update – January 29, 2015
- Millions in public school funds on the line if Maine loses federal education waiver
- All six of Maine’s charter schools have student waiting lists
- Expenses up more than revenue in state K-12 budget proposal
- LePage’s ridiculous corporate tax giveaway will face legislative scrutiny
- LePage proposes under-the-radar corporate tax giveaway
- Washington State Democratic Party Committee Votes to Reject Common Core
- Who Is Profiting From Charters? The Big Bucks Behind Charter School Secrecy, Financial Scandal and Corruption
- The Reality Tale of Two Education Systems: One for the Poor, and One for the Rest
- Report recommending EPS changes now available
- More money for K-12, but costs rising
- Exposing K-12 Schools Achilles’ Heel
- The Role of the Community in Education
- Step By Step, the Journey Towards Freedom From Grade Levels
- The Abdication of Parenthood: A Cry For Help?
- 10 Wishes for Schools in 2015
- China’s Education Gap
- Education on Wheels: What are the Real Costs of Busing Too Many Kids to School?
- LePage Administration proposes public charter school funding fix
- Commissioner’s Update – January 22, 2015
- There’s no answer sheet for questions about how LePage’s tax reform plan would affect Maine schools
- Mind Over Marshmallows
- Pennsylvania: Watching Public Education Die in Delaware County
- “Schools in Context”: The Full Text of a Major Study Comparing the U.S. to Eight Other Nations
- How and Why Money Matters in Schools (one more time – updated)
- A Néw Bill to Abolish Annual Testing
- 3 Ideas to Revolutionize School
- How To Manage Systems
- $48/barrel oil. What do you mean we shouldn’t be happy about that?
- South Portland school officials worry LePage plan could cause local budget woes
- LePage flat-funds education in proposed budget riddled with cuts
- LePage’s push for school district consolidation: Incentives not penalties
- With tax cuts, LePage owes voters fiscal responsibility
- The Law of Diminishing Intent
- 10 Awesome Interview Questions to Really Get to Know Job Candidates
- Henry Ford’s Advice
- 8 Habits of Effective Critical Thinkers
- K12 Hopes to Open Virtual School in North Carolina, Despite Record of Failure Elswhere
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Monthly Archives: March 2014
A Hero Superintendent in Massachusetts Speaks Out Against the Madness
Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
Todd Gazda, superintendent of schools in Ludlow, Massachusetts, posted a blog that expresses the outrage that so many educators feel today as a result of federal and state meddling in the work best…
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4 Principles for Using Your Leadership Power
Leading with Trust “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.Great men are almost always bad men.” ~ Lord Acton Power accompanies leadership. No matter how lofty or humble your title, whether you manage 3 people or 3,000, if … Continue reading
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Introverts Are Excellent Just As They Are
Originally posted on Workplace Psychology:
For those unable to watch the video on my blog, you can watch it directly on the TED Talk website, Susan Cain: The power of introverts. Here is a great 19-minute TED Talk by Susan…
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It’s Monday!
Originally posted on Practical Practice Management A Division of Top Practices:
http://youtu.be/5D11e424M_Q It’s Monday, not all people feel about their job like Mike here does. Some of you may not like your workplace at all, but you need the job.…
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Difficult Workplaces
Originally posted on Practical Practice Management A Division of Top Practices:
Does your place of employment make it easy to work at or difficult? Some businesses actually make so many rules and policies for employees to follow that it makes…
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Too Many Office Policies “What a Scary Thought!”
Originally posted on Practical Practice Management A Division of Top Practices:
How do you create operational policies that everyone will be willing to follow? Many offices that I have worked with have had an office policy manual that would take…
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When Does Micromanagement Become Harassment
Two words that get used a lot these days are micromanagement and harassment. The two concepts come from different sources, but they converge in the extreme case. This article dissects the two concepts and provides some guidance for managers who, … Continue reading
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News & Notes on LEARNING for LEADERS 